asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to permit State-sponsored bodies to increase their borrowing for capital purposes in the event of reductions in capital transfers from the Exchequer in 1980.
Written Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies' Borrowing.
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The Government's Public Capital Programme for 1980, which was published on 22 February, gives details of the amounts of capital to be raised by State-sponsored bodies for the programme from Exchequer and non-Exchequer sources in 1980. Tables 3 and 4 of the programme, which has been circulated to Deputies, shows that the amount of funds to be raised by these bodies from non-Exchequer sources, apart from internally-generated funds, is expected to be £68.46 million greater than the corresponding figure for 1979.